And speaking ahead of the Ricoh clash with Port Vale – another team who score a high percentage of their goals from dead-ball situations – the midfielder admitted: “Yes, he was my man so that was disappointing.

“The thing that annoys me is that people say ‘you should do better.’ I know I should do better but John Terry gets goals conceded against him and he’s one of the best defenders in the world. And people score from corners all the time in the Champions League.

“Somebody’s always marking the player who scores – you don’t want it to happen but sometimes it does.

“I was angry that night, disappointed, but you can’t turn back time and you have to learn from these things. On Saturday if I’m marking a man he’s not going to score – that’s it!

“Port Vale are a very direct team with two big strikers and when it comes to setpieces they’ll get everyone into the box.

“But we’ve got enough quality in the team to deal with that and if we do we should have much more possession and create more chances.”

Barton was one of the players Mowbray picked out as a quality asset when he was unveiled as City’s new boss on Tuesday but Barton conceded “I still have to prove to him what I can do.

“You can’t give a player a game and then leave him out next time because he wasn’t good enough – that’s not giving him a chance – but now I’ve had a run of games and things seem to be going OK so hopefully I can keep my place.

Sky Blues' Adam Barton. Photo: Joe Bailey

“Tuesday was one of those games with the wind, the surface and everything but we’ve got to learn to deal with that, even if, like the manager says, it’s a case of getting a point out of it and then beating them next time – next year hopefully.

“It’s all right passing the ball on some days but when you can’t do that you’ve got to put it in the back behind them.

“We’re thinking we can’t go down, it’s not possible, but it does happen so we’ve got to win a run of games.

“The performance against MK Dons showed that we can do it, dig in and get a result, prove to the fans that we do care and we do want to win.”